~I dug a Silver 3 Cent Piece!!!!!!!!~

[Goes4ever]

I went digging today with Diggerdan, we hunted two places first place was a farm that was gonna be tore down, owner was building a new house next door. I got 3 FIRSTS for me today

I got a deep, bouncy, 12-24 ....17-28.....12-28, depth meter showed around 8 inches, at about 5 inches I see a TINY silver disk, I pulled it out and right away I was excited. I yelled at Dan, "no way your gonna believe what I just dug!" A 3 cent silver!!!!! too bad the back had some funky green corrosion on it, the date is 90% worn off, with a loupe I can see 185-....I know it is a Type 1 so it has to be 1851 to 1853. I don't even care, worn or not I am THRILLED. I never dreamed I would ever dig one in a yard, possibly in a field but not at a farm yard....

My second first ever was a 1968 silver kennedy half dollar. I have dug barbers, walking Liberty, and franklin halves but NEVER a Kennedy, so once again, I was happy!

And my 3rd first of the day was a 1942 Australian penny, at first I thought I had a large cent or a token....I guess it is a LARGE cent, just not from the US mint..lol

great day of firsts for me, I made a video too, hope you enjoy it, thanks to Dan for taking me to a great spot to dig!

here is the video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qX8UXtdCtMY

 

[filo]

Great finds! With a signal in the pull tab range, just goes to show you never know what you may dig up. Congratulations.

 

[reltolbert]

You hit the jackpot. Great finds. Congratulations. I wish I could find a silver 3 cent coin.

 

[Goes4ever]

at old farms I ALWAYS, and I mean ALWAYS DIG PULL TAB SIGNALS!!

in the pulltab range at old farms I have dug:
fatty indians 12-23 range
flying eagle penny 12-23,24
1939 class ring 14-17
3 cent piece 12-24
many tokens, flat buttons, worn indians, coin spills MIXED with a nickel...........all these items come in this range!

 

[Terra1959]

G4E

Man ...great finds again
Quality stuff
That 3c is VERY nice indeed
1942 Kanga is a long way from home...my guess is a US serviceman took it home with him after WW2
And a nice old crotal bell too
great site/s you guys are hunting in and good skills to match it

T59

 

[bunker314]

Incredible find Terry, nice job!
Bunker

 

[Bell-Two]

Well folks watch and listen...you are in for a treat and a lesson from a Master!

Congratulations on such great finds.

 

[Goes4ever]

well today I did teach Dan about signals that where you hear the signal then it goes "ker-thunk"
kinda hard to explain in writing, all I can describe is you hear a QUICK high tone immeadiately followed by a thunk sound, I call it "Ker-thunk"

anyhow when I get these signals I have found either a very, very small item, or a coin standing completely on edge. I got this today with the 3 cent piece and I also got a 12-45..ker-thunk one way, then 10-46 ker-thunk the other way. So I called Dan over to let him hear it on his e-trac. he said that is junk, or deep iron. I said NO, that is a silver coin on edge.........and I told him to dig it and if it was silver, it was his to keep. Well what a shock to Dan when he dug down about 6" and there was a merc dime standing perfectly straight up and down.....I am a man of my word, he kept the dime. I said you dug it, you keep it!
He learned a valuable lesson as before this he was passing on signals like this!

 

[ryanchappell]

Is the "ker-thunk" different than the thunk breaks I get at the end on clad coins? I was air testing silver dimes and quarters and comparing the sounds and VDI with clad, and noticed the clad make sound like that half the time.

 

[NebTrac]

That's awesome Terry! I can't congratulate you enough man!! Thanks for the story and the great pictures.

NebTrac

 

[Goes4ever]

Is the "ker-thunk" different than the thunk breaks I get at the end on clad coins? I was air testing silver dimes and quarters and comparing the sounds and VDI with clad, and noticed the clad make sound like that half the time.

I don't know what you are referring too? never experienced it on clad?

 

[maddogusmc]

Awesome finds Terry, congrats! How old do you think that farm is?

Mike

 

[Goes4ever]

Awesome finds Terry, congrats! How old do you think that farm is?

Mike

well Dan and I was guessing maybe 1920s or so, if you see my video check it out. The foundation was not the real old brick or flagstone like a lot of 1800s homes in my area, it was more of a decorative cinder block type foundation

 

[niterider_58]

Nice looking 3 cent piece congrats.

 

[RandyNorthridgeca]

n/t

 

[E-Trac-Ohio]

Very cool finds Terry !

A Three Cent piece is very near the top of my " want to find list " - a big congrat's on finding yours !

HH --- Mark

 

[pointer80]

Hey Terry, awesome job. I think I know what your talking about as far as the ker-thunk at the tail end of a hit. Definately will pay more attention to that.

 

[moonshine]

ive noticed that sound too....wierd. ill have to pay more attention. great find on your 3-center....thats on my bucket list as well.

 

[rbholt80]

you make me sick lol great hunt man. i missed my silver 3 cent years ago. had been hunting a construction site and an had a coin signal on the side of a dirt pile that had been scraped up. i dug in and then the coin was gone. i search that hole and dirt around it but it was gone. the next day i was there hunting again and a guy with a radio shack detector came up and said he had found a silver 3 cent. he showed me were to. about 2 feet down from the hole i dug on that big dirt mound. the coin had rolled down the hill when i dug it up and i didn't see it. he said it was on top the ground lol dang the luck but i didn't say nothing to him other than way to go good find. so yea I'm jealous haha.

 

[CT Todd]

You lucky dog good for you 3c is at the top of my list congrats